Thursday
Weekly round-up: Ofsted reform and the gender pay gap
This week’s essential education news includes an inquiry calling for Ofsted to stop inspecting schools and research showing a growing difference in pay for secondary heads
Spielman: Why we shouldn’t scrap Ofsted grades
Chief inspector Amanda Spielman says the current grading system is ‘entirely in line’ with the models used by other public sector inspectorates
Scottish education is ‘institutionally racist’, researchers are told
Racism in Scottish schools is ‘normal’, with teacher-on-teacher racism ‘the elephant in the staffroom’, says keynote speaker
Pupil exclusions soar to pre-pandemic levels
Suspension rate for disadvantaged pupils almost four times higher than non-disadvantaged peers, government data shows
Ofsted’s annual report: everything you need to know
Amanda Spielman’s final report as the watchdog’s chief inspector contains warnings about the legacy of Covid and the impact of staff shortages on schools
Spielman: Covid has left ‘troublesome legacy’ for schools
A fracturing of the social contract has led to persistent absence and poorer pupil behaviour, Ofsted’s 2022-23 annual report has warned
Heads ‘sick, stressed and terrified’ at the thought of Ofsted
A school leaders’ union report also says 4 in 5 members lack confidence in the inspectorate
How we’re helping our young carers in school
To mark Carers Rights Day today, one leader explains what her school is doing to identify young carers and give them additional support
Wednesday
Ofsted pushes ahead with complaints shake-up
Watchdog’s director of education says the planned changes will allow complaints to get to the independent adjudicator more quickly
Autumn Statement 2023: School leaders ‘bitterly disappointed’
Chancellor Jeremy Hunt has set out the government’s spending plans in the Autumn Statement – but there is little of note for schools
SEND: Schools must take ‘fair share’ of pupils, says DfE
All schools need to be welcoming and should recognise the benefits of bringing in more pupils with SEND, says government official
Jeremy Miles: ‘We will use every lever to support schools’
Challenging behaviour, worsening attendance and lower levels of literacy and numeracy must not be allowed to become ‘the new normal’, says Wales’ education minister
